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Fannie Could Lift Mortgage Bonds

Slower Sales by the Agency
May Help Support Market,
But Uncertainties Remain

Dow Jones Newswires

Updated Aug. 15, 2005 12:01 a.m. ET

Fannie Mae's starvation diet may be coming to an end.

The housing agency appears to be on track to meet higher capital-reserve requirements that go into effect at the end of September. Reaching that goal could halt the company's aggressive sales of mortgage bonds, potentially providing some support to the secondary market for these...